A Yeovil man who made repeated and abusive calls to the 999 emergency phone line has had his case adjourned to tie up with another similar matter at the crown court.

David Simon Fenn persisted in dialling 999, each time spouting a string of verbal abuse to the call handler and calling them abusive names.

Despite being warned about his actions the defendant continued with his behaviour, making a total of 10 similar calls in one day alone.

The case was heard at Yeovil Magistrates Court

Fenn, 20, of West Coker Road, pleaded guilty that between January 3 and 8 at Yeovil he persistently made use of a public electronic communications network for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another.

Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil, were told that on January 4 there was an incident where the defendant called 999 and repeatedly called the call handler a “nonce”.

“He was told that making such calls to the 999 system occupied a call handler’s time unnecessarily, however on January 7 he made a further 10 calls,” said prosecutor Andrew Escott-Watson.